Traditions and holidays of Great Britain

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English Traditions state traditions national holidays religious holidays public holidays concerning private life (child's birth, wedding, marriage) traditional ceremonies

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Holidays New Year The most common type of celebration is a New Year party

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New Year Every year the people of Norway give the city of London a present – a big Christmas tree Some people make New Year Resolutions : I'll get up early every morning next year. I'll clean, my shoes every day.

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Hogmanay celebrations Festival in Scotland It is not clear where the word « Hogmanay » comes from, but it is connected with the provision of food and drink for all visitors to your home on 31st of December

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First Footing The first visitor who comes into a house in the New Year morning is called the First Foot

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CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS The most popular holiday in Britain is Christmas. People give each other presents and send Christmas cards. The traditional English dinner on Christmas is turkey and pudding.

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ST. VALENTINE’S DAY – FEBRUARY 14 On this day, people send Valentine cards to their husbands, wives, girlfriends and boyfriends. You can also send a card to a person you do not know.

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ST . DAVID’S DAY On the 1st of March each year one can see people walking around London with leeks pinned to their coats. А leek is the national emblem of Wales. A leek

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ST. PARTRICK`S DAY It is not a national holiday. It’s an Irish religious holiday. St. Patrick is the patron of Ireland. Irish and Irish Americans celebrate the day.

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In Britain, as well as in many other countries, Easter is annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is observed on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or next after March 21, the day of the spring equinox.

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MOTHERS’ DAY People visit their mothers if possible and give them flowers and small presents. If they cannot go they send a “Mothers’ Day card”.

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PANCAKE DAY It takes place in spring and people not only eat pancakes everywhere but run with them.

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APRIL FOOLS’ DAY This is a very old tradition from the Middle Ages. At that time the servants were masters for one day of the year. Now April Fool’s Day is different. It is a day for jokes and tricks.

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MAY DAY IN GREAT BRITAIN May 1st is not a public holiday in Great Britain On May Sunday workers march through the streets and hold meetings.

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TROOPING OF ТНE COLOUR On the Queen’s official birthday, there is a traditional ceremony called the Trooping of the Colour. It is a big parade with brass bands and hundreds of soldiers at Horse Guard’s Parade in London.

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MIDSUMMER`S DAY Midsummer's Day, June 24th, is the longest day of the year. On that day you can see a very old custom at Stonehenge. Stonehenge is one of Europe's biggest stone circles.

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HALLOWEEN On October 31st British people celebrate Halloween. It is the most colourful and exciting holiday of the year. Halloween is a time for fun.

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It is one of the most popular festivals celebrated on November 5 for four centuries already. It commemorates the discovery of Gunpowder plot which prevented blowing up the Houses of Parliament.

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Remembrance Day is observed throughout Britain in commemoration of the million or more British soldiers, sailors and airmen who lost their lives during the two World Wars. In is celebrated on the second Sunday in November.

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The ceremony is the gesture of pride in the City`s history and strength as a world commercial centre. The ceremony seems still more bright and colourful because it is always held on the second Saturday in November when the city is often wrapped in mist or rain.

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The spectacular ceremony of Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace attracts numerous spectators from the country and tourists from different parts of the world. The Guard is changed at 11.30 a.m. daily.

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Every night at 9.53 p.m. the Chief Warder of the Yeomen Warders (Beefeaters) of the Tower of London lights a candle lantern and then makes his way towards the Bloody Tower. In the Archway his Escort waits his arrival. The Chief Warder, carrying the keys, then moves off with his Escort to the West Gate, which he locks, while the Escort “presents arms”. Then the Middle and Byward Towers are locked.